Tim Davie on BAFTA, Mistakes and the BBC’s Future

Описание: Is the BBC facing an existential crisis? Can it compete against the American streamers? Will it survive threats from Farage?

Outgoing Director General Tim Davie speaks to Richard Osman and Marina Hyde for his first full length interview ahead of his departure in April.
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00:00 Intro
00:19 Octopus Energy
01:39 Introducing BBC Director General Tim Davie
02:45 Do you agree the Director General job is a ‘poisoned chalice’?
08:35 Do you think streamers underestimate the BBC?
16:28 If the BBC were being founded today, do you think the license-fee model would still be the best way to fund it?
28:42 Monzo
29:47 Why do you think the BBC failed to learn any lessons from Glastonbury when broadcasting the BAFTAs?
37:20 How would you definite impartiality?
41:00 Do you think people on the BBC board have the broadcaster’s best interests at heart?
52:40 Do the changes made to the BBC World Service look, with hindsight, to have been mistaken?
01:02:00 What are your proudest moments from being Director General?
01:04:33 Outro